She took the feather. And for the rest of her life, crows told her secrets, but she never again remembered the smell of lake water on her cousin's dock.
Elara blinked. "What?"
"We are the Kambiatories," they said in unison. "We exchange the unlived lives." kambiatories
She whispered it aloud.
"Trade," it said. "Your lost afternoon for the ability to speak to birds." She took the feather